Bashkurdistan Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Bashkurdistan
1917–1918
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History

• Established	15 November 1917
• Disestablished	4 November 1918

Bashkurdistan (also known as Bashkortostan or Bashkiria) was a self-governing area. It was officially announced on November 15, 1917. This happened after the Bashkir regional Shuro (a local council) and the Constituent Congress of Bashkurdistan agreed to it. This new area even created its own army, government, parliament, and symbols.

After the February Revolution in Russia in 1917, people from the Bashkir region started a movement. They wanted to create their own self-governing area. In the summer of 1917, two big meetings, called kurultai, were held. These meetings took place in Orenburg and Ufa.

At these meetings, the Bashkir people decided to form a "democratic republic." This meant they wanted a self-governing area based on their own people and land. It would still be part of a larger, federal Russia. The Bashkir Central Shuro (their main council) was chosen at these meetings. They worked in Orenburg and got ready for a big meeting for all of Russia. This meeting was supposed to happen in January 1918.

However, the October Revolution changed everything. This new revolution in Russia affected the plans for Bashkurdistan. On November 11, 1917, the Bashkir Central Shuro announced that the Bashkir people needed their own national government.

Just a few days later, on November 15, 1917, the Bashkir Central Shuro made a big decision. They officially declared that Bashkortostan was now a self-governing area. This news was shared the very next day. A newspaper called Pravda even wrote about it on November 22, 1917.

By December 20, 1917, the Bashkir Government was formed. It was also called the Government of Bashkurdistan. They also began to create their own Bashkir army.

Images for kids

Nugush River.
Lake Asylykül
Iremel Mount
Bashneft oil pumps
Quarry near Sibay
The ski resort "Abzakovo" in Abzelilovsky District. October 2009.
Morning fog in Ishimbaysky District
Tyupkildy wind park
Sunflower field in Ishimbaysky District. Bashkortostan has a developed agriculture
Bashkir village on the Inzer river.
Sufiya Mosque near Salavat.
Neftyanik Stadium.
School in Salavat
Bashkir State Academic Theater of Drama in Ufa.
Cave paintings in the Shulgan-Tash Nature Reserve.
Mausoleum of Turahan, 14th-century building.
Bashkirs near Hamburg during the Napoleonic Wars, c. 1813.
The Red Army cavalry unit, made up of Bashkirs, Russian Civil War, 1919.
Shihan Toratau. Single hills are popular symbols of Bashkortostan.
Atysh waterfall
Bashkir horses near Yakty-Kul lake
Autumn Yamantau
Ka-31 helicopter, produced in Kumertau.
DT-30 amphibious ATV, made in Ishimbay.
AL-41F1 engine for PAK FA fifth-generation fighter and Su-35S, produced in Ufa.
Nefaz-VDL bus of Neftekamsk Automotive Plant.

Bashkurdistan facts for kids

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